Moving from AI pilots to business-wide value requires a superhighway – how to ramp up

Moving from AI pilots to business-wide value requires a superhighway – how to ramp up

Juan Maria Coy Vergara/ Moment via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Companies must demonstrate sustained early wins from AI investments to build momentum.  Companies must invest in quality, governed data, and shared workflows.  The key to successful agentic transformation is shifting from siloed AI to…

Best AirPods of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

Best AirPods of 2026: Expert tested and reviewed

Why we like them: The AirPods Pro 3 are Apple’s most advanced headphones, offering hearing health features, in-ear heart rate monitoring, effective active and adaptive noise-cancelation, and Apple’s superb transparency mode. The AirPods Pro 3’s new earbud and ear tip design should help most people achieve a better seal, resulting in improved sound immersion and…

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

AI-generated actors and scripts are now ineligible for Oscars

The organization behind the Academy Awards released new Oscar rules on Friday, including several that address the use of generative artificial intelligence. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that only performances “credited in the film’s legal billing and demonstrably performed by humans with their consent” will be eligible for Academy Awards. Similarly,…

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Farewell, Jeeves: Ask.com shuts down

Ask.com, the search engine and question-and-answer service formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has shut down. Ask Jeeves first launched in 1996 and, with its focus on answering conversational questions posed in natural language, was arguably a precursor to today’s AI-powered chatbots. For most of its 30-year history, however, it’s been overshadowed by other search products,…

My home Wi-Fi was full of dead zones – here are 6 solutions that actually worked

My home Wi-Fi was full of dead zones – here are 6 solutions that actually worked

One of the best ways to permanently fix a spotty Wi-Fi network is to upgrade to a mesh network. A mesh network is the best solution if your network problem is consistent throughout most of your home, not just a single room. A mesh network is the best option for a medium- to large-sized home…

I replaced my dad’s aging Lenovo desktop with this Dell model – and don’t regret it

I replaced my dad’s aging Lenovo desktop with this Dell model – and don’t regret it

pros and cons Pros Easy to set up Reliable performance Strong speakers Cons 1080p display Limited hardware Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. A few weeks before writing this review, my dad asked me for a recommendation on a new computer. He’s been using an aging Lenovo all-in-one (AiO) still running Windows 10,…

Spirit Airlines Shutdown: Everything You Need to Know (2026 Complete Guide) | eAskme

Spirit Airlines Shutdown: Everything You Need to Know (2026 Complete Guide) | eAskme

Spirit Airlines officially announced its shutdown. On May 2, 2026, America’s eighth-largest airline announced a shutdown with immediate effect. It has canceled all flights, closed customer service, and wound down all operations. Millions of Americans who traveled with Spirit Airlines for cheap, no-frills travel embraced the news as a shock. If you have booked a…

Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027

Netflix delays Greta Gerwig’s ‘Narnia’ movie for big theatrical push in 2027

Audiences will have to wait a few months longer to see “Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew,” with the release date pushed back from Thanksgiving to February 12, 2027. In addition to relaunching “Narnia” on big screens and serving as writer-director Greta Gerwig’s first film since “Barbie,” “The Magician’s Nephew” also looks like the next step in…

The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked

The best AI dictation apps, tested and ranked

AI dictation apps have come a long way in a short time. For years they were slow and inaccurate — unless you spoke with a particular accent and enunciated clearly. Advances in large language models (LLMs) and speech-to-text models have changed that, producing systems that can decipher speech more accurately while retaining enough context to…